“We are witnessing the increasing digitization of traditional investment assets along with new native digital assets. We are innovating and developing new capabilities to support digital asset classes that are becoming increasingly relevant to our clients,” said Okan Pekin, Global Head of Securities Services at Citi in a statement. Source
Australian-based cryptocurrency exchange BTC Markets has become the first crypto company in the country to gain a financial services license. The license was issued by the country’s financial regulator, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), to BTC Markets’ sister company BTCM Payments. We have an exciting announcement to make: BTC Markets is the first Australian crypto exchange to successfully go through the full AFSL application process via our sister company, BTCM Payments! ✅AFSL attained✅ISO Certified✅SOC 2 on the way!#crypto #bitcoin #finance — BTC Markets (@BTCMarkets) June 21, 2022 An…
Gaming company Admix has teamed up with the metaverse’s biggest building company, LandVault, to recruit major brands to the metaverse. Source
According to Uppsala, apart from terra1gr, another Terra wallet “terra13s4gwzxxx6dyjcf5m7” (referred to as terra13s) exchanged funds recently with wallets on the Binance exchange that can be linked to Wallet A. The terra13s wallet is now one of the official wallets of the LUNC DAO, a validator of Terra’s new Terra 2.0 blockchain, Uppsala said. Source AnalysisDeveloperFirmHelpedImplosionLinkedTerraTriggerUSTWallet CryptoX Portal
The Sandbox native token, SAND, jumped from eight-month lows following Friday’s announcement of a collaboration between the metaverse and Lionsgate Studios. As a result of the news, SAND surged as high as 20% to $0.9715, before reversing course to trade at $0.8647. The move helped SAND overcome a seven-day losing run in the face of gloom in the bear market. Lionsgate is one of the biggest private studios in the United States, and it owns Rambo, Hellboy, and The Expendables, all of which will soon be featured in The Sandbox. all hell…
Sergey Vasylchuk, the chief executive officer of Ukraine-based decentralized staking provider Everstake, has said the company will continue to hire crypto professionals amid a market downturn and ongoing conflict in the country. In a Wednesday Twitter thread, Vasylchuk said Everstake had hired 30 people since the Russian war against Ukraine started in February, and the firm still had more than 10 positions in marketing and development to fill. According to the CEO, Everstake is “not firing anybody” and had made preparations for a “special fund” to tide the firm over…
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Despite ongoing price doldrums, investors continue to accumulate Bitcoin at a rapid pace to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of BTC, according to crypto analytics firm IntoTheBlock. In a new analysis, Lucas Outumuro, head of research at IntoTheBlock, notes that centralized exchanges witnessed $730 million worth of BTC net outflows in the past week, on the heels of $1 billion worth of outflows the week before. According to the analytics firm, net outflows are the total amount of Bitcoin leaving crypto exchanges minus the number of…
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The San Diego-based cryptocurrency firm Edge has announced the launch of a confidential crypto Mastercard that doesn’t collect KYC data and doesn’t charge transaction fees. Edge’s website notes that there’s “no name or address associated with [the] Edge Mastercard” giving privacy advocates peace of mind. Edge Reveals Privacy-Centric Crypto Mastercard The digital currency firm Edge has announced the launch of the Edge Mastercard, a loadable crypto debit card that doesn’t collect KYC data. Edge revealed the Mastercard on Twitter and told the company’s followers: “Zero fees. Instant funding — With…